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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{IPA|/'graʊnd/}}
* {{SAMPA|/"graUnd/}}
* {{audio|en-us-ground.ogg|Audio (US)}}

== Noun ==
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[[File:Ground 69.jpg|thumb|200px|People walking on the '''ground''']]
# {{uncountable}} The '''ground''' is what you [[stand]] or [[sit]] on when you are [[outside]].
#: ''I ran out of the house and fell on the '''ground'''''.
# {{uncountable}} '''Ground''' is [[terrain]]; it is the [[land]].
# {{uncountable}} '''Ground''' is [[earth]] or [[soil]].
# {{countable}} A '''ground''' is the bottom of a body of [[water]].
# {{uncountable}} The '''ground''' for something is the [[basis]] or [[foundation]] of it.
# {{countable}} The '''ground''' for something is the [[background]] or [[context]] of it.
# {{sports}}, {{countable}} A '''ground''' is a [[soccer]] [[stadium]].
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=== Related words ===
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* [[aground]]
* [[groundwork]]
* [[groundable]]
* [[groundburst]]
* [[groundbreaker]]
* [[groundbreaking]]
* [[groundbreakingly]]
{{mid2}}
* [[groundball]]
* [[grounder]]
* [[groundless]]
* [[groundlessly]]
* [[groundwater]]
* [[groundlessness]]
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== Verb 1 ==
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# {{transitive}} If you '''ground''' a [[pilot]] of an [[airplane]], you [[stop]] them from [[flying]].
#: ''The plane had been '''grounded''' because of the blizzard.''
# {{transitive}} If you '''ground''' a [[circuit]] of [[electricity]], you [[connect]] it with a ground.
# {{transitive}} If you '''ground''' a [[child]], you take away their [[privilege]]s, like the [[phone]] and the [[television]], and not [[allow]] them to go out, usually as a [[punishment]].

== Verb 2 ==
{{verb2|grind|grinds|ground|ground|grinding}}
# {{past tense and participle of|grind}}

== Adjective ==
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# If something is '''ground''', it is [[crush]]ed into small [[particle]]s.
# If something is '''ground''', it has been [[prepare]]d through grinding.

=== Synonyms ===
* [[milled]]